I got passed over for a promotion last month and spent the last compliance training seething. The course had a feedback box at the end and I typed a full-on tirade about management, the “clique” that got promoted, and one very specific passive-aggressive email my manager sent me. I meant it to be private to HR, so I skimmed and hit submit while fuming.
Five minutes later a coworker forwarded my rant in the team chat with the subject line “Wow.” My phone blew up with screenshots, HR scheduled an emergency meeting, and my manager taped a copy to my desk (yes, really). I apologized, explained I was frustrated, and tried to own it, but they put me on a performance improvement plan and said my behavior “undermined trust.” I also lost any chance at the next internal role and now have to rebuild every professional relationship I burned.
I get being mad, but I should have written it in a draft and slept on it. Instead my hot take is now a permanent thing in our internal system and the embarrassment is real.
TL;DR: Venting in the feedback box of a mandatory training turned into a company-wide profanity-laced email. HR caught it, I got a PIP and blew my shot at promotion. Do not submit angry feedback while emotional.
Stop spamming LLM slop, OP.
4 hour old account, I see
Another one from lemmings.world…
If your job has you that frustrated, start looking elsewhere. Because now they definitely are.
How did it go from feedback box at the end of a course to company-wide email?
Seems like they werent gonna promote you anyway? Keep your self respect, its worth something.
I meant it to be private to HR, so I skimmed and hit submit while fuming.
It’s an unfortunately common misconception that HR is on the employee’s side and can be trusted, largely due to corporate propaganda and branding of the role as ‘human’ resources.
HR is only ever there to protect the company’s interests, full stop.
Yes, there is a chance that the company’s interests in a given situation may align with you’re, but that is more often than not a side effect and not their intended purpose. They’re looking to mitigate company liability for failing to agree to state/federal labor laws and regulations first and foremost. Even then they’ll often ‘misinterpret’ official language and policies if they can get away with it. Wage theft via clock in/out rounding times being a classic example.
Don’t ever make the mistake of thinking that a rant or complaint to HR is anonymous or will be kept private from managers or company leadership as it very rarely will. Same goes for ‘anonymous’ feedback and surveys of any type.
Also, in case you were unaware, if they’ve put you on a PIP, start job hunting now as they’ve openly stated their intent to build a case for termination.
